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Old 05-16-2003, 06:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
Petlydecker
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Open the Windows Explorer, Click Tools, Folder Options, View, and Select Show hidden files and folders. ShellIconCache is a hidden file. Shutdown Windows, restart your computer, hold the Ctrl key (or press the F8 key just before the Windows starts firing-up) as the computer boots, Select Start in safe mode from the resulting menu, boot all the way up to Windows in the safe mode. Next, in the Windows Explorer, click on the plus sign next to the C: drive to expand it if isn't expanded, click on the Windows folder, scroll down the right Explorer window pane, find the ShellIconCache file and click on it to highlight it, press the Delete key, and click Yes when Windows asks you if you want to send the file to the recycle bin, shutdown Windows, and restart your computer (in the normal mode).
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